On New Year's day, Fallout 76 players discovered something strange concerning the online action RPG's nukes. When they began farming for new codes, they quickly found out that they were the same codes as the previous week, despite the codes in their inventory being automatically wiped. Many at first believed that nukes were disabled for a New Year's event at Whitespring because of a tweet encouraging Fallout 76 players to celebrate there, but Bethesda has since confirmed there was no actual in-game event.

In fact, the nukes were bugged because the codes were not properly reset. Because of the way it happened, it seems that someone has to manually change the words found by players, though codes are automatically wiped from the player's inventory. Due to the New Year, this didn't get done. Now, Bethesda has disabled the nuclear silos while it works on the code reset.

For many players, this could be a serious detriment to playing the game. But since nukes are tied to endgame content, many are likely unaffected by this bug. Thankfully, Bethesda is aware of the issue and has since made the following statement:

Hey everyone, just sharing the news that we're actively investigating the nuke silo access issue. We are currently planning to release a hotfix tomorrow [January 2, 2019]. Keep an eye out on the @BethesdaSupport twitter for updates as always.

Thanks all! :)

Of course, many have referred to this bug as the Y2K bug, which is definitely befitting the timing and post-apocalyptic nature of the game. But, as soon as Bethesda has this fixed, Fallout 76 players can begin to look toward the new year with excitement, as the gaming giant has recently commented on some of the new features coming in 2019.

Unfortunately, Fallout 76 topped our list of the most disappointing games in 2018, but perhaps some of these new features will be enough to change the narrative. If Bethesda continues to quickly react to issues like this Y2K bug and introduces some much-needed quality of life changes alongside some new content to boot, it's possible that Fallout 76 is a different game by the end of 2019 than it was by the end of last year. Until then, though, that remains to be seen.

Fallout 76 is available now for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.

Source: Reddit